Although this book does not describe its sources of inspiration in detail, my impression was that the book comes from a perspective that is consistent with Transcendental Meditation. Most of us get little nudges from our minds. Some rely on those sources of intuition and others don't. Some people visualize what they want to accomplish, and see it happen. Still others pray fervently for aid, and hope for the best.

This book addresses all of the ways that you can access your subconscious mind to focus your energies and attention on what is important to you. Although I have read many books about employing the subconscious, this one had several valuable suggestions that I had not read before (such as making petitions broad, so that there are more ways for them to be fulfilled). It's major weakness is that it would have had more credibility if it had cited the research on how the subconscious mind works, as does the new edition of The Power of Your Subconscious Mind.

The book provides many techniques that will be helpful to you. It describes verbal and nonverbal ways to make petitions to your subconscious mind. You will also learn ways of meditating that will help you access your subconscious mind to answer questions and to check your judgment. The book also describes helpful ways to do affirmations. You will get ideas for how to recognize when your subconscious is communicating with you.

To give you an example of how this can work, I went out for a sandwich yesterday. While I was waiting for it to be delivered to me, I suddenly felt like the food I was about to be served was unclean. I can't explain why I felt this way, but it came from my mind. When the sandwich arrived, I sniffed it carefully. It smelled all right so I ate it. Within two hours, I was hugging the toilet bowl. Something had turned out to be wrong with the food. I cannot explain how such subconscious mental processes work, but I find that such urgings are usually worth heeding. I wish I had acted more on this one!

If you have not yet learned to meditate, you should also know that research has indicated that this practice is very good for your physical and mental health.

After you learn about the methods in this book, I suggest that you think about what your life goals should be. Go back into being a child, and imagine that you can do anything. Chances are that you can accomplish much more than you are thinking about! If you find that to be the case, share this lesson with others.

Put your subconscious mind to work on worthy goals!